Sheldon, Iowa — The month of July 2024 was slightly cooler and slightly drier than normal in Sheldon.
According to the weather facts collected by KIWA Radio, the highest high was 92 degrees, recorded on July 13th. The lowest high temperature was 68 degrees, recorded on July 1st.
The lowest low in the month was 50 degrees on July 18th. The highest low was 72 on both July 26th and 27th.
The average high for the month was 82. The normal is 85. The average low was 62. The normal is 61. The average temperature as-a-whole for the month was 72 degrees, and normally it’s 73.
We received 2.41 inches of precipitation for July. A normal July sees 3.35, so we were below normal for the month by 0.94 inches. But that was welcome after the extremely wet June. Year-to-date precip has been 32.34 inches. Normal year-to-date precip would be 16.72, so we’re 15.62 inches above normal on the year. The day with the most precip was July 31 when we received 1.1 inches of rain.
